The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-03-02
THE JAPANESE ACR0BATS.
Daring Feats-Fhe Audience in
ErstaSies.

The Oura Company of japanese aero
bats made their debut in this city at the
Opera House last evening, and all that
had been promised was amply fulfilled.
A numerous audience assembled,
and its demeanor throughout was
indicative of a keen appreciation
of the extraordinary developments
of the human faculties exhibited.
The rise of the curtain was the signal for
the appearance of the three adult and
three juvenile members who took part
in the performance, and who were I'M
mediately greeted with a loud burst of
applause in anticipation OF what was to
come. In this the audience was in no
wise disappointed, judging from its fire.
quent and lusty demonstrations OF APP
prevail, which now and again fairly
drowned the strains of music ably con-
tributed by Mr.. Berger and his assist
ants. The first item on the programme
was a tumbling act by two 1.-the
little fellows, Masazo and Siro, aged
eight and seven years respectively. The
movements which the remarkable elias
ITCHY of every portion OF their bodies en-
abled them to perform can scarcely be
ikened to anything more apt than those
OF a serpent. They bent themselves
double backwards, clasped their feet
under their chins, in which attitude
they ran about at a smart trOt upon
their hands, spun around like
tops, rolled about like balls and
went through every conceivable
evolution. One of the most notable was
performed conformity, the pair clasping
each other together, head to head, and
then turning repeated somersaults, APP
parently with the greatest ease. The
next thing was the cask trick, by
young Jap, who, whilst recumbent on
cushions with legs erect, played a clever
game of football with large sized
wooden cask, tossing it up in the air,
catching it on the soles of his feet, rolling
it round rapidly in mid-air, and finally
balancing it upon the top OF pile OF
eleven smaller ones. The balancing trick
in which various articles, including sew
eral China cups, were poised in tasteful
combination, was infinitely described in
Tuesdays ADVERTISER, as also was the
ladder feat, in which the courage dis
played by little Donkichi, who could not
have been above eight or nine years of
age, was marvellous in one so young.
When the rungs on one side of the lad
der had suddenly fallen away and he
was left hanging in horizontal position
on level with the top of the drop scene,
every eye was irresistibly strained aloft,
and when, added to this, the single pole,
balanced on a mans shoulder, was
tossed and swayed about, the sensation
knew no bounds. Some exceedingly
clever top spinning followed, the mo-
mentum being sustained in a variety of
different positions, even on the tip of
small rod balanced on the chin. Some
maneuvres similar to those with the
cask were gone through with large
earthenware jar, a youthful acrobat be-
ing curled up inside, crawling on to the
top, etc. Afterwards, the jar being dis
carded, he himself was tossed about on
the feet of the recumbent acrobat. The
ball and umbrella tricks, by Ginzo, aged
nine, were very clever. Five balls
were kept in motion in the air stimuli
taneOusly-three with one hand-and
one was sustained rolling around upon
the exterior of a Japanese umbrella.
The pedestal act, IN which young
Masazo again figured, exhibited in an
other form the marvellous elasticity of
his joints. Not the least skillful per-
Torrance was the balancing of full
tumbler OF water at the end of perpen-
dicular rod upon the chin. A broad cup
was subsequently substituted for the
glass, rotary motion was commu-
nicated by magic touch of
the hand, and the water was
distributed abroad upon the stage in a
feathery spray. The lengthy entertain
ment was brought to a close with the
double ladder feat. A powerful young
fellow lay upon his back on cushions,
and with legs erect, poised up
on the soles of his feet ladder
reaching to the top of the building.
Another was placed horizontally upon
its summit, and from either extremity of
this latter there hung other ladders.
Two juveniles mounted this contrivance
and performed a number of startling
was evidently very severe, as it contin
ued for some minutes. His chest
heaved painfully and every muscle
quivered The programme throughout
was in excellent taste and full of inter
est.
The COsmOr8ma.
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